[kj] KJinNYC

Alex Smith gathering@misera.net
Sun, 05 Oct 2003 13:01:23 -0500


All told? 

Hmmmmm....well, I know *WHERE* they've played: the Rock Lounge on West
Broadway in TriBeCa, the old Ritz on 11th street, the Cat Club on 13th
street, the Academy on Times Square, the New Ritz on 54th street and the
Limelight on 6th Avenue.

The Rock Lounge is long gone (it became "Shine" for a while, but that too
has shut its doors). The Old Ritz became Webster Hall in 1990, and that's
where we're seeing'em again. The Cat Club became the Grande, which became
the Key Club, which became Sytem, which became Spa, which became Drip, and
it's now something else, though I haven't been there since I saw Cop Shoot
Cop play it as The Grande in 1994. The Academy was torn down. The New Ritz
turned BACK into Studio 54, and is now the host of Broadway's "Cabaret." The
Limelight is still there, but no longer a club in the wake of the Peter
Gaitien/Michael Alig/"Party Monster" fallout of the mid-90s.

I remember they were scheduled to play a shitty place on Great Jones street
sometime around the release of OUTSIDE THE GATE, believe it or not, but the
venue closed before it ever happened.

The Damage Manual played Wetlands, which has since been closed and turned
into a condiminium. I saw Pigface (with Raven then in the fold) at the
Marquee on West 21st street....which is now a latino dance club (yeah, `cos
NYC needs more of those...yeah right) called El Flamingo.


I saw the Joke at the Cat Club in `89, the New Ritz in `90 and the Limelight
in `94. This'll be my fourth KJ show. 


Alex in NYC



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>From: mike coles <mike@maliciousdamage.co.uk>
>To: gathering@misera.net
>Subject: [kj] KJinNYC
>Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2003, 11:48 AM
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>How many times have KJ played in NYC?
>colesy
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